Improved churn



W. BEATON.

GHUML UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM BEATON, OF GRINNELL, IOWA.

IMPROVED CHURN.

Specification forming part ofLettcrs 'atent No. 44,505, dated October 4,1864.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BEATON, of Grinnell, in the county ofPoweshiek and State of Iowa, have invented a new and use ful Improvementin Churns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specifica y parts. y This inventionpertains to that class of churns in which the dasher is put in motion bymeans of spring-power.

in any other convenient form.

Upon one side of the frame A, I mount a horizontal shaft, B, aroundwhich I Wind one or more coils et' springs, (l, one end of said springsbeing attached to the frame A, While the other end is fastened to theshaft B. Any number of springs C may be employed aecordin g to thedegree of .power which it is desired to apply to the churn. When morethan one spring is employed, a dividingdisk or partition,-C, should beplaced-between the springs.

Upon the outer end ofthe shaft B there is secured a ratchet-Wheel, C2,and outside of Wheel C2, arranged to turn loosely upon shaft B, is adriving cog-wheel, D. Piroted to this Wheel l) is a ratchet, E, pressedby a spring, F, which Vis also attached to Wheel D. The eX- treniity ofshaft A'is squared to receive a crank, G, and the springs are Wound upby turning the crank-shaft backward, during which Winding the wheel DAremains at rest; but when the Winding ceases the springs impel theshaft B in a forward direction, giving the saine motion to theratchet-Wheel (J2, into the teeth of which the ratchet E engages, andthus connects the Wheel D'with the Wheel C2, thereby imparting motion tosaid Wheel D. The Wheel l) is so arranged that its teeth will gear Withthe teeth of a pinion, H, upon one end of a shaft, I, which extendsentirely across the frame of the machine, as shown, said shaft l havingattached upon the opposite end an escapement-wheel, J, and anothercogged driving-wheel, K, the latter being attached to shaft l upon theoutside of Wheel J, as shown.

Pivoted to the frame A, near the Wheel J, is a verge, L, the teeth ofwhich engage the teeth ot the escapementwheel J, andA attached to theVerge L is a short rod, L', upon the lower end of which is ascrew-thread, on which screws an adjustable Weight, L. The speed of themovement of the verge may be changed by adjusting the Weight L2.

The use ofthe verge and the escapement- Wheel is to regulate the motionofthe shaft I. The usual method is to employ a pendulum arrangedseparately from the verge; but it will be observed that I attach anadjustable Weight to the rod of the verge itself, and in v this manner Iobviate the necessity for a separate pendulum and produce a regulatingdevice which is cheap of construction and capable of operating in allordinary positions of A is a frame made in the manner shown or theapparatus without the need of sett-ing it on a level, as required whenthe pendulum is used. The teeth ofthe driving-wheel K engage the teethof thepinion M on the outer end ofthe shaft N of the churn and dasher 0.This dasher is made in the ordinary horizontai paddlewheel form, and isset in a rect-- angular churn, box, or vessel, P, as shown. One side ofthis box is slotted so as to permit the convenient :removal or replacingof the dasher and its shaft, the slot being filled up after theinsertion of the shaft by the grooved slide-piece Q, as shown. Thechurnbox P is held in its place -n'ear the' frame A by the buttons a b,on turning which the box P may be removed from the frame A for"cleaning, dsc.

I do not clainnbroadly, the driving ofchurndashers by springs; but,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The employment of an adjustable regulating rod,and weight in combination with the verge L, as andv for the purpose-herein shown and described.

2. rIhe arrangement of one or more springs C C, shaft B, Wheel l), withattached springratchet lil F, shaft l, escapeiiieiit-wlie-el d, verge L,and wheel K, with the churn I and dasher 0, in the manner and for thepurpose herein shown and described.

WTLLIAM BEATON.

